Patents Assigned to Qualcomm
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Patent number: 12335850Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive signaling that indicates full-duplexing capability information associated with one or more candidate cells. The UE may select, from the one or more candidate cells, a target cell based at least in part on the full-duplexing capability information associated with the one or more candidate cells. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Qian Zhang, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 12333391Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive, from a second UE, a sidelink communication that indicates a first subset of local training data of a set of local training data associated with the second UE. The UE may transmit a combined local update that is based at least in part on training a machine learning component based at least in part on the first subset of local training data and a second set of local training data associated with the first UE. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tianyang Bai, Hua Wang, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 12335879Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may report power headroom for uplink carrier aggregation communications. The UE may receive a first message that indicates multiple component carriers are configured for communications at the UE. The UE may determine a first transmission power available for uplink carrier aggregation transmissions by the UE across the multiple component carriers during a transmission occasion. The UE may transmit one or more uplink messages associated with a second transmission power via one or more of the component carriers. The UE may transmit a power headroom report that includes a carrier aggregation power headroom parameter. A value of the carrier aggregation power headroom parameter may be based on the first transmission power and the second transmission power associated with uplink carrier aggregation transmissions via at least one of the multiple component carriers during the transmission occasion.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Gokul Sridharan, Kazuki Takeda, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen
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Patent number: 12335915Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) included in a first category of UEs may receive a configuration that configures a paging early indication (PEI) in a first initial downlink bandwidth part associated with the first category of UEs, and may monitor for a PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration. In some aspects, the UE may receive a configuration that configures a PEI in a second initial downlink bandwidth part associated with a second category of UEs, and may monitor for a PEI in the second initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Huilin Xu, Jing Lei, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Carsten Aagaard Pedersen
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Patent number: 12335929Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for scheduling and bandwidth part (BWP) adaptation for extended reality (XR). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes obtaining an indication to change at least one of a minimum control-channel-to-data-channel delay or a bandwidth for receiving a first transmission on a BWP; changing the at least one of the minimum control-channel-to-data-channel delay to a new minimum control-channel-to-data-channel delay or the bandwidth on the BWP to a new bandwidth; and receiving the first transmission on the BWP using the at least one of the new minimum control-channel-to-data-channel delay or the new bandwidth of the BWP.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hwan Joon Kwon, Huilin Xu, Yuchul Kim, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Yeliz Tokgoz, Jay Kumar Sundararajan, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Tingfang Ji, Jing Lei, Ravi Agarwal, Seyong Park, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
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Patent number: 12335935Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for beamforming parameter adaptation techniques. In one aspect, a first wireless device may receive a capability message from at least a second wireless device in a wireless communications system, the capability message indicating a default operating frequency of the second wireless device, a default operating frequency priority of the second wireless device, or both. That is, the second wireless device may transmit the capability message. The first wireless device may transmit, and at least the second wireless device may receive, an indication of the one or more codebook parameters. The one or more codebook parameters may indicate a default operating frequency for the wireless communications system. The first wireless device and the second wireless device may communicate with at least the second wireless device in accordance with the one or more codebook parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 12335957Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a relay user equipment (UE) from a remote UE, a remote UE radio resource control (RRC) message for establishing a relayed communication between the remote UE and a network entity via the relay UE; determining, by the relay UE, remote UE information associated with the remote UE for establishing a remote UE communication context between the relay UE and the network entity based on the remote UE RRC message; and transmitting, by the relay UE to the network entity, the remote UE RRC message and the remote UE information.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Karthika Paladugu, Hong Cheng, Gavin Bernard Horn, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
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Patent number: 12335089Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, using a beam, a reference signal associated with a channel for wireless communication. The UE may generate a non-binary beam failure indicator based at least in part on a measurement associated with the beam, wherein the non-binary beam failure indicator comprises at least one non-binary beam failure indicator value. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Shanyu Zhou, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 12328281Abstract: A first UE includes: a transceiver; a memory; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, configured to: at least one of: initiate a first UE-to-UE positioning function in response to receiving a first UE-to-UE positioning trigger from a second UE via the transceiver; or send a second UE-to-UE positioning trigger for the second UE via the transceiver to cause the second UE to initiate a second UE-to-UE positioning function; or communicate with the second UE via the transceiver to determine a characteristic of a UE-to-UE location reference signal to be exchanged between the first UE and the second UE; and exchange the UE-to-UE location reference signal with the second UE via the transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yiqing Cao, Jing Lei, Wanshi Chen, Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran
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Patent number: 12328288Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device may release an uplink resource associated with a semi-persistent uplink transmission during a portion of a transmission time interval based at least in part on a condition. For example, the first device may determine that a buffer associated with the first device satisfies a buffer threshold (e.g., a threshold amount of temporarily stored uplink data) during a first temporal period. The buffer may temporarily store uplink data associated with the semi-persistent uplink transmission. The first device may, as a result, transmit, to a second device, a feedback message including an indication that the first device skips the semi-persistent uplink transmission based on releasing the uplink resource.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tianyang Bai, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 12328666Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. Network entities that are capable of full duplex (FD) communication may exhibit reduced latency and increased throughput, among other performance benefits, as compared to half duplex (HD) network entities. Accordingly, in some aspects, a network entity may signal to a user equipment (UE) a duplex capability of a cell and/or one or more KPI metrics associated with the duplex capability of the cell during a cell selection process. The UE may perform the cell selection process based at least in part on the duplex capability of and/or the at least one KPI metric, thereby utilizing performance benefits of FD cells or the like. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 12328595Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication over a shared spectrum carrier utilizing a broadcast, common control channel. The broadcast control channel may be multiplexed with a unicast control channel. Further, a scheduling entity may allocate a semi-static set of resources for the broadcast control channel, providing a shared search space on the shared spectrum carrier. The resource allocation for the shared search space may be based on one or more parameters, which may be cell-specific parameters. This shared search space may include resources distributed across the shared spectrum carrier, or a contiguous set of resources that spans only a portion of the carrier. The broadcast control channel may be configured for high reliability, and may carry time-critical control information relating to access control for the shared spectrum carrier. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Jing Lei
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Patent number: 12328631Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for interference mitigation techniques between wireless communications and aircraft radio altimeters. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) and a network entity may support one or more signaling- or configuration-based interference avoidance mechanisms associated with usage of a C-band at one or both of the UE and the network entity. The UE may support a capability according to which the UE is able to monitor a frequency band used by aircraft radio altimeters and the UE may request a modification to a C-band connection (such as request a release of the C-band connection) if the UE detects or measures signaling from an aircraft radio altimeter. Similarly, the network entity may modify the C-band connection if the network entity receives the request from the UE or itself detects or measures signaling from an aircraft radio altimeter.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ming Yang, Kausik Ray Chaudhuri, Atanu Basudeb Halder, Marcelo Schiocchet, Neelakanta Venkata Seshachalam Chimmapudi
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Patent number: 12328768Abstract: A user equipment (UE) operating as an NR-Light UE may repeat transmissions of uplink signals such as a random access (RA) message (Msg) 3 on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) during a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may receive a random access response (RAR) message including a RAR uplink (UL) grant. The UE may determine, based on a single bit of the RAR message, whether repetition of a RA Msg 3 is indicated. The UE may determine both of a repetition factor and a transmit power control (TPC) command for the RA Msg 3 based on a TPC field of the RAR UL grant. The UE may transmit the RA Msg 3 based on the repetition factor and the TPC command.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qiaoyu Li, Wanshi Chen, Umesh Phuyal, Jing Lei, Chao Wei, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Hao Xu
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Patent number: 12328759Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for channel access for wireless communications, for example, in unlicensed frequency bands. In some cases, a UE may act as an initiating device, initiating access to a wireless channel if it detects a network entity has failed to access a channel during a channel occupancy time (COT) of a frame period (FP).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Changlong Xu, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
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Patent number: 12328216Abstract: Method and apparatus for reduced signaling overhead in PAPR reduction techniques. The apparatus receives, from a transmitter, a signal comprising a set of overhead bits associated with a PAPR reduction sequence applied to a data signal from the signal, wherein the set of overhead bits are distinct from data symbols corresponding to the data signal. The apparatus decodes the set of overhead bits to identify the PAPR reduction sequence applied to the data signal from the signal. The apparatus removes the PAPR reduction sequence applied to the data signal. The apparatus decodes a remaining set of symbols of the data symbols from the signal, wherein the remaining set of symbols are free of the PAPR reduction sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: David Yunusov, Peer Berger, Amit Bar-Or Tillinger
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Patent number: 12328610Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration, the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), receives a measurement gap configuration including at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap, and performs one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Arash Mirbagheri
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Patent number: 12328434Abstract: An apparatus configured to encode or decode video data that includes a memory configured to store a plurality of reconstructed samples of video data and at least one processor, in communication with the memory, that is configured to intra predict a first prediction block based on a first angular intra prediction mode and a first one or more reconstructed samples among the plurality of reconstructed samples where the first angular intra prediction mode is among a plurality of angular intra prediction modes, intra predict a second prediction block based on a second angular intra prediction mode and a second one or more reconstructed samples among the plurality of reconstructed samples where the second angular prediction mode is associated with an angular prediction direction that is different from angular prediction directions associated with the plurality of angular prediction modes, and encode or decode a current block based on the first prediction block and the second prediction block.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Kai Zhang, Jianle Chen, Xin Zhao, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 12328785Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitter user equipment (UE), a receiver UE, or both of a sidelink communications link may detect a radio link failure (RLF) on the sidelink communications link. For example, the transmitter UE may perform a radio link monitoring procedure to identify the RLF. Additionally or alternatively, the receiver UE may detect if the RLF occurs based on using a timer or counter. Accordingly, the receiver UE may initiate the timer when no sidelink transmission is received and may declare RLF upon the timer expiring. The receiver UE may initiate the timer when a data transmission is not received, when a data transmission is supposed to be received and is not received, not decoding sidelink control information (SCI), not receiving the SCI, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Shuanshuan Wu, Gabi Sarkis
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Patent number: 12328209Abstract: Techniques are provide for neural network based positioning of a mobile device. An example method for measuring a channel in a wireless communication system includes: receiving reference signal information; determining one or more channel frequency responses based on the reference signal information and one or more timing hypotheses; determining one or more channel impulse responses comprising a channel impulse response for each of the one or more channel frequency responses; processing the one or more channel impulse responses with a neural network; and determining an output of the neural network.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Taesang Yoo, Rajat Prakash